John Stuart Mill argued that the guiding principle of democratic society is that citizens should be free to make their own choices, unless and until such choices present a danger to other citizens - and he was not referring about the dangers posed by leather paddles and handcuffs. The freedom to engage in behaviour that meets the approval of the leader writers of the Daily Mail is no freedom at all.
Right On!
May 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Civil Liberty
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1 dearieme // May 20, 2008 at 5:29 pm
JSM was a half-pint of shandy man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQycQ8DABvc
2 George Fish // May 21, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Are you quite sure that what they dissaprove of , is the funding of other peoples life choices, rather than those choices in themselves. ? otherwise I suspect they would not give a shit.
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